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F. D. WILLIAMS. BASS DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER. APPLICATION FILED JAN.27.2911.

1,309,082. Patented July 8, 1919.

Inventor Attorneys.

.ERED WILLIAMS, pr snslt .u A

BASS-DRUM AND CIYMBAL nnarnn.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known'that'I, FRED'D. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing vat Ogden, in the'county of 'Weber and State of Utah, haveinvented a new and useful Bass-Drum and Cymbal Beater, of which bea'terfor use in connection with the cymbal, it being possibleto-=use thiscymbal beater so as to strike a eymballocated at either side of the drumor to entirely miss the'cymbalif preferred. 5

Another 0b]ect is to provide a beater which can be collapsed into a"compact bundle so as to be conveniently carried.

A still further object is to provide simple and efiicient means forproperly holding in position a crashcymbal and also for holdin the drumagainst shifting while-in use.

' ith the foregoingand other objects in view which will appear asthedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of-parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise'embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of theinventionhasbeenshown. In saiddrawingsz g Figure 1 is aside elevation of the beat- "ingapparatus constituting the present: in-

vention, a portion ofthe counter hoop beingshown insection. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 27, 1917. Serial No. 144,921.

'2 is a front elevation ofthe apparatus. i

-Fi'g.-3;i's an enlargedsectionthrough the bearing of the 'drum beater.1

Fig. 4is a perspective view of one of the drum holding spurs. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the cymbal holder. p

Fig; 6 is a perspectiveview of the holder used in connection with thecrash cymbal. -Beferring to the figures by characters of reference '1designates a bass drum to the counter hoop 2 of which are to beconnected hold'ingspurs,'one of which has been illus- 'trated in detailin Fig. 4. Eachof these holding. spurs includes a'tubular member 3having a book 4 at one end and having a depending pointed element 5.Within the tubular member is slidably mounted a shank 6 having a hook 7at one end, while-its other end is screw, threaded and is engaged by along wing bolt 8. The hook 7'is adapted'to be" laced back of-the fleshhoop while the hoo 1 is adapted to be placed in engagement with thefront edge of the counter hoop. The two hooks are then adjusted towardeach other by means of the wing bolt 8. The'holding spurs are designedto be secured to opposite sides of the lowermost portion of the counterhoop so that the ends of the pointed members 5 will bite into the flooror otherstructure on which the drum is mounted,so as to hold the drumagainst shifting out of any position to which it may be set.

A device such as shown in Fig. 6 is adapted to besecured to theflesh;*hoop and counter lhoop near thetop thereof for the purpose ofsupporting a crash cymbal. This devicein'cludes atubular member 9 havinga hook 10 at one end and also having a boss 11 on which is arranged athreadflesh {hoop and counter 'hoop and to tightly engage the same,after which the crash cymbal is placed on the stem 12 and fastenedthereto by the wing nut 13.

For the purpose of attaching a small cymbal to either side of the drum,an attachment such as illustrated in Fig. 5 is used. This attachmentincludes a tubular member 17 having a hook 18 at one end from whichextends an arm 19. A threaded stem 20 extends at right angles from thisarm and is provided with a wing nut 21. A stem 22 is slidably mountedwithin the member 17 and is provided at one end with a hook 23 while itsother end is engaged by a thumb screw rod or bolt 24. The hooks 18 and23 are adapted to be placed in engagement with opposite edges of theflesh hoop and counter hoop and to be ti htened therea ainst by thethumb rod or bolt 24:. The cymbal which has been indicated at 25 is tobe placed in engagement with the stem 20 and to be fastened thereto bythe wing nut 21. Obviously this cymbal 25 can be secured to either sideportion of the drum as may be most convenient.

The means for beating the drum and the cymbal 25 has been shown indetail in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The heater attachment includes a base plate26 to one side of which is attached a standard 27 having a spindle 28projecting laterally from the upper end thereof. On this spindle ismounted a hub .29 the ends of which are recessed as at 30 to provideseats for ball bearings 31 engaging cones projecting into the recesses.The hub is fastened to the spindle by a nut 33 or the like, said nutbeing housed by a cap 34 which serves to exclude dust and dirt and alsoto prevent the lubricant from escaping from the bearing.

Projecting from the hub is an arm 36 having an eye 37 at its free endinto which projects a set screw 38. A tubular stem 39 is adjustablymounted on the eye and is engaged'by the set screw, while adjustablymounted in this tubular stem is a rod 40 adapted to be held againstlongitudinal movement by a set screw 41, The ball 42 of the beater isattached to this rod.

An eye screw 43 engages one end of the tubular stem 39 and carries aring -14.

An arm 45 extends from the hub 29 and is engaged by one end of a coiledspring 46, the other end of this spring being attached to a bolt 47which is adjustably mounted in a stud 48 outstanding from the standard27. A nut 49 engages the bolt and by means thereof said bolt can beadjusted longitudinally to vary the tension of the spring 16.

Adjustably mounted on the tubular stem 39 is an arm 50 adapted to beheld in place by a set screw 51. This arm has a spring extension 51 onwhich is mounted a ball constituting means for engaging the cymbal 25.Obviously the arm 50 with its extension 51 can be inverted and replacedon the stem 39 so to adapt it for use in connection with a cymbalmounted at the other side of the drum.

Extending from the base plate 26 is a rod 53 the outer end of which isbent laterally to form a pintlc 54 engaging a heel plate 55. This pintlealso engages one end of a pedal 56 the other end of which is ad-,justably connected by a strap 57 to the ring 44;.

The upper surface of the plate 56 may be roughened or may be providedwith a covering of felt or the like. Extending upwardly from the plateis a threaded stem 58 which extends loosely through a clamp ing plate 59bearing at one end on the plate 26. A wing nut 60 is mounted on thesteiu58 and can be turned in one direction to cause the clamping plate 59 tobind the counter hoop onto the base plate 26, thus to hold the bearingmechanism fixed relative to the drum head.

It has been found in practice that a heating apparatus such as hereindescribed is advantageous becauseit permits the ball 42 to hit the drumhead at the center and it also allows the cymbal to be placed at eitherside of the drum, as may be found most convenient. By adjusting the arm50 upwardly along the stem 39 it can be caused to entirely miss thecymbal. By utilizing the ball bearings in the hub 29, a quick rebound ofthe beater will take place and no difliculty will be experienced inusing the drum while music is being played at the fastest tempo. Thevarious adjustments which can be made are of importance. For example,stem 39 can be adjusted longitudinally within the eye 37, thus toincrease or diminish the force, of the stroke and the rod 40 can beadjusted longitudinally within the stem 39 to adapt the beater to drumsof various sizes. The tension of the spring 16 can be varied to suit theperformer. lVhen the apparatus is not in use it can be readily folded upinto a small package which can be conveniently carried.

. WVhat, is claimed is':- a I 1. An apparatus of the class describedincluding a base plate, a standard thereon, a spring restrained beatermounted uponand adapted to swing relative to the standard, meanscooperating with the base plate for gripping the counter hoop of a drum,a rod extending from one end of the base plate and having its outer'endbent laterally to form a pintle, a heel plate pivotally mounted on thepintle, a pedal pivotally mounted on said pintle and overhanging therod, and a connection, between the pedal and the beater. H i .1 a j 2.A11 apparatus of the class described ineluding a base plate, meanscooperating therewith for gripping the counter hoop of a drum, a rodextending from the base plate and having one end bent laterally to'forma pintle, a heel plate pivotally mounted on the pintle, a pedalpivotally mounted on said pintle and normally overhanging the rod, saidheel plate and pedal being adapted to fold together and onto the rod, :1

10 standard on the base plate, a beater adjustable in the direction ofits length and pivotally and adjustably connected to the standard, aconnection between the pedal and one end of the beater, and yieldingmeans connecting the heater to the standard.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I'have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRED D. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

JOHN WALKER, H. B. SAWYER.

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